UMCOR DR PROJECT REPORT
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SECTION 1: Basic Information
Grant Number
IDR101328CWS
Date of Submission
30 October 2014
Report Submission Deadline
Date
31 October 2014
Project Name
Protection from radiation by stimulating protection measures
Project Period
1 April 2014 – 31 March 2017
Name of Organization
Church World Service Japan (CWS-Asia/Pacific)
Annual/Central Conference
Location City/State/Country
Tokyo, Japan
Total Amount Received from
UMCOR
$763,080
Person Completing Report
Yukiko Maki-Murakami
Contact Information
+81-3-55774538
Yukiko_maki@cwsjapan.jp
Phone, email
Overview
Over three years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, there are still over 45,000 evacuees with
no end in sight up until today. CWS Japan focuses on securing the protection of vulnerable people
by creating conditions of empowerment to thrive, not merely survive. We are committed to supporting
our implementing partners working to help the disaster victims through the three projects below.
These projects are empowering the beneficiaries by providing necessary knowledge for
countermeasure and opportunities to reduce their health concern about radiation exposure.
Although these activities are crucial, they are not done by either central, nor local government.
These activities at the grassroots level require an immense amount of time, effort and careful
consideration to implement, which is the area of specialty for NGOs. Our implementing partners are
making efforts in achieving their project goals by working closely with their beneficiaries and
stakeholders both nationally and internationally as they deal with everyday issues. We believe
community resilience can also be achieved through securing the local environment for children as
well as raising awareness towards self-sufficiency among the local community.
CWS Japan plays a role in monitoring and providing consultation for our implementing partners in
terms of finance and management of their projects by reviewing their reports, holding periodical
partnership meetings and other means of communication on a daily basis. T
SECTION 2: Project Summary
Project Goal
1. To enhance awareness among parents living under radiation threat on importance of retreat
program for protecting their children from radiation.
2. To establish enabling environment for constant conducting of retreat programs both at sending
and receiving end.
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Protection for children from radiation and stress are planned and implemented by parents,
nursery and kindergarten stakeholders through measurement of radiation within children’s
environment in Fukushima.
To Share critical information, based on practical measurement and health consultation data so
far, for Fukushima’s third year since the nuclear accident on protection from radiation by linking
domestic and foreign experts with communities living within radiation contaminated area.
Primary Activities Implemented
Implementing Partners
Mimi wo Sumasu Project
(Mimisuma)
Primary Activities
Output 1: Implement awareness-raising activities to encourage parents’
participation in retreat programs for children in Fukushima.
1.1 Achieved Output:
 Formed four awareness-raising teams with parents in Fukushima.
 Provided technical assistance to three teams for organization
management, facilitation skills, organizing events through organizing
workshops and meetings.
1.2 Activities:
 Convened meetings on organizational management with the
awareness-raising teams.
 Conducted workshops for facilitation skills.
 Organized seminar workshops for parents as awareness-raising
activities.
 Assisted the awareness-raising teams with writing project
proposals/reports, budgeting, accounting, planning, formulating
bylaws.
 Researching on host organizations for retreat programs.
Output 2: Revise the website to generate more traffic to the website of
the project
2.1 Achieved Output:
 Updated the website by creating a new page
(http://hoyou.isshin.cc/?page_id=1497).
 Published a booklet, “Q&A on Radiation” in collaboration with CSRP.
 Renovated the website page on retreat program
(http://hoyou.isshin.cc/?page_id=1844).
 Increased more information on the host of retreat program across
Japan (http://hoyou.isshin.cc/).
Shalom
Output3: Organize retreat programs all over Japan.
3.2 Activities:
 Held coordination meetings with the implementing partner, YMCA on
retreat program.
 Held coordination meetings with Jodo Shinshu Honganji School
Hokkaido Branch.
Output 1: Providing the data obtained from radioactivity measurement
around nursery and elementary schools in order to reduce
radiation exposure level of children.
1.1 Achieved Output:
 Publicizing the radiation measurement activity.
 Established measuring rules and an application form for free
measurement.
 Measuring radiation dose.
1.2 Activities:
 Made an announcement of the radiation measurement activity in the
website. 500 flyers were produced and distributed to the nursery
schools, interested parents of potential participants through the
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Nursery School Council. The radiation measurement activities were
covered by two local newspapers.
 Convened meetings with teachers in nurseries and primary schools for
conducting measurement exercises.
 Conducted radioactivity measurement at 21 locations including
nurseries, primary schools, orphanages and parks in Fukushima City.
Citizen-Scientist
International Symposium
on Radiation Protection
(CSRP)
Output 2: Providing color therapy courses to children and school
teachers in order to relieve the stress of radiation.
2.1 Achieved Output:
 Publicized the therapy courses.
2.2 Activities:
 Introduced nursery teachers about color therapy.
Output 1: Holding Citizen-Scientist International Symposium to share
the information and knowledge of radioprotection.
1.1 Achieved Output:
 Planned the main subject of the symposium.
 Selected the guest speakers and participants.
 Preparing for holding the symposium, reserving the facility, making and
translating the materials, advertising for the audience etc.
 All the topics/programs of the conference were decided.
1.2 Activities:
 Observed the 4th to the 11th "Ministry of the Environment Expert
Meeting Regarding the Status of Disaster Victims' Health
Management" to monitor and analyze the policy making process of the
committee and the Ministry of Education (MOE) and sharing the
information with the expected participants.
 "Meeting of expert committee of health management of the resident
according to TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident" held by
the Ministry of Environment to watch and analyze the policy making
process of the committee and the MOE to share the information with
the expected participants.
 Arranged logistics for the guest speakers.
 New web site was constructed. (http://csrp.jp)
 Observed the social status and impression of citizen in Japan and
abroad.
 Observing the 16th and 17th "Prefectural Oversight Committee
Meeting for Fukushima Health Management Survey" to watch and
analyze the policy making process and sharing the information with the
expected participants.
 Held executive committee meetings of CSRP twice a month to find the
specific subjects for the symposium on Nov. 2014.
 Selected scientists and citizens as guest speakers for each session.
 Special website for CSRP 2014 site was constructed.
(http://csrp.jp/symposium2014)
 Translated the speakers’ CVs, abstracts and presentation materials.
 Designed and distributed flyers and posters.
Output 2: To collect and analyze the information of the field and to
distribute and share the accurate and proper information for
radioprotection, facilitating the information exchange of the
effort and the knowledge which could be reflected to the field
and scene immediately.
2.1 Achieved Output:
 Facilitated workshops.
 Contributed articles to the academic journals and scientific magazines.
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 Planned, wrote, and submitted an article.
2.2 Activities:
 Co-facilitated joint workshop with a local CSO on "Information and
Media after 311" ~ How people have responded to the Nuclear
disaster~ on May 18th. Wataru Iwata participated as a moderator.
 Gave a lecture on adioproction and emergency responding in the
workshop organized by MIMISUMA.
 Conducted a joint workshop with Citizen's Radioactivity Measuring
Station (CRMS) Setagaya titled “the Low Dose Radiation Exposure:
About Medical use of Radiation“.
 Gave a lecture for teachers at junior high-school in Fukushima.
 Organized a piano concert in Kooriyama in July.
 Contributed to an article, “the Effect of Fukushima Nuclear Accident
~still birth and neonatal mortality in Japan”. It is available both in
Germany (original) and Japanese (translation) from CSRP web site.
http://csrp.jp/posts/805
 Translated and edited a scientific article written by Hagen SCHERB
(Institute for Biomathematics and Biometrics at the Helmholtz Centre in
Munich) to contribute to IWANAMI "KAGAKU" (the Science) of June
issue. The article was about increasing of still affecting birth and
neonatal mortality among affected areas after TEPCO's nuclear
accident.
 Gave a lecture in the workshop co-organized with Mimisuma project
and Cafe plus Kooriyama in July.
 Co-facilitated a workshop with CRMS Setagaya "Literacy after 311".
Invited lecturer, Kyo Kageura, Information Science Department from
University of Tokyo.
 Arranged contribution for the article to Iwanami "Kagaku" (the Science)
magazine, "2013 UNSCEAR Report on Fukushima a critical appraisal"
written by Dr. Keith Baverstock (former senior advisor of radiation
protection program of World Health Organization). English version
was published in October issue in the form of electronic edition and
Japanese translation is on preparation for November issue.
Challenges and Actions Steps Taken to Resolve
1) Mimi wo Sumasu Project (Mimisuma)
The parent groups promoting children’s retreat programmes is confronting conflicts among the
team members nowadays due to the difference in values and points of views about radiation,
retreat programme and oraganisational management. To resolve this issue, the project
coordinator initiated support in management and counseling.
Furthermore, there are conflicts emerged between these parent groups and some host
organisations of the retreat programmes. This problem results in dissolving their partnerships.
The project coordinator is encouraging the parent groups to look for another partner/host
organisations, and to establish equal relationships.
These parent groups don’t have knowledge and skills for consensus building in their meetings.
The coordinator will suggest them to take a seminar on NGO management.
2) Shalom
Shalom is struggling with involving preprimary schools (nurseries, kindergarten) in their
radiation measurement activities and color therapy workshops due to the lack of understanding
about the advantages of those activities for radiation protection. In order to tackle this issue,
Shalom is now depending on word-of-mouth communication in the local communities as well as
distributing new flyers to the communities outside Fukushima. Moreover Shalom has decided to
conduct workshops to present the advantages of those activities for preprimary school teachers.
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3) Citizen-Scientist International Symposium on Radiation Protection (CSRP)
While the “Law on Support for Children and Other Victims of Nuclear Accident” (hereafter referred
as ‘the Law’) covers only 33 municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture, the nuclear affected areas are
broader than these areas. CSRP encourages the citizens and scientists both inside and outside
Japan to challenge to this improper policy. Research papers on radiation effects are in
preparation by the scientists who participated in the last symposium.
Three and a half years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, CSRP decided to host three days
symposium instead of two days for holding a special lecture in order to share the information of
technical aspect of nuclear power plant and its accident. This change of schedule doesn’t affect
the budget funded by UMCOR.
Under the circumstances of each guest speakers, CSRP has replaced some speakers. At this
stage of preparation for the symposium, CSRP realized that the allocation of the initial budget plan
doesn’t work, therefore CSRP decided to apply for the change.
SECTION 3: Project Results
Client/Participant Success Story or Details of a Program Achievement
1) Mimi wo Sumasu Project (Mimisuma)
Mimisuma held childcare workshops in collaboration with local community groups. While their
gatherings were not accepted by young mothers due to their political protest activities against
radiation contamination previously, they now became active participants since luncheons and
counseling were organized in the workshops.
Mimisuma co-organised a workshop on basic knowledge of radiation with a local CSO in
Fukushima, Café Plus Kooriyama in July. As a product of the workshop, a booklet titled “Q&A on
Radiation” was published.
2) Shalom
As Shalom received requests for radiation measurement from four families, they measured
radioactivity along the school route with the parents of Senoue Elementary School. It was
measured 1μSv/h at the meeting point on the school route where contaminated rain water flows
in along the slope. As a result, it was decided among the parents to change the children’s
meeting point immediately in order to avoid the unnecessary radioactive exposure. The
radioactivity was also measured between 0.5 and 0.7μSv/h in the children’s playground. This fact
has convinced the children to move to another playground to play where decontamination was
done. Knowing these facts by measuring, the parents are now discussing about requesting their
municipality for complete decontamination.
Shalom achieved spreading the information on daily radiation dose to the total of 2200 children in
the last six months. As a result of the radioactivity measurements, Shalom could suggest the
schools where the radiation doses were relatively high to change the routes for outing in their
neighborhood. These changes may make children go longer ways around, however it will
encourage their exercises.
An article about the radiation counting activity of Shalom was posted to the website of CWS Global
on 15 July 2014: http://www.cwsglobal.org/blog/cws-committed-to-fukushima.html
3) CSRP
The preparation for the symposium such as designing a program, advertisement, and other
logistical arrangement is going well. The registration will be announced on the web site in
October.
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CSRP is planning the press conference with Dr. Keith Baverstock (former senior advisor of
radiation protection program of World Health Organization) prior to the symposium. It will be taken
place at Foreign Correspondent’s Club of Japan on 20 Nov 2014.
Short and Long Term Results
1) Mimi wo Sumasu Project
 More young mothers were encouraged to participate in the workshops.
 By supporting a local community-based CSO in the radiation affected area, young parents of
infants managed to take part in retreat programmes, and new participants gained basic
knowledge on radiation as well as the place to socialize with other parents.
 More members were involved in the activities in Koriyama since the project supported the
newly established organization for launching.
 Since the project supported the mother group, Earth Angels in Nihonmatsu, the conducive
environment for activities was developed.
 Better retreat programmes were conducted by sharing the issues of mother groups among over
40 organisations participating in retreat workshops.
2) Shalom
 Through the detailed radioactivity measurement, the countermeasure for avoiding radioactive
exposure has been identified.
 The radioactivity measurement was highly appreciated by nurseries and parents for gaining
their knowledge on countermeasure against radioactive exposure such as selecting the school
routes and playgrounds.
 The necessary information/data of radiation dose can be provided.
 Shalom has been receiving positive comments from their beneficiaries on the radioactivity
measurement activities. Shalom is very encouraged to extend their activities to other parts of
Fukushima City through word of mouth.
 There was a case of beneficiary taking the result of measurement (Hot Spot Finder) to the
municipality. This measurement activity received a good feedback from the local government.
3) CSRP
CSRP arranged and published an article, “2013 UNSCEAR Report on Fukushima: a critical
appraisal” written by Dr. Keith Baverstock (former senior advisor of radiation protection program at
regional office of Europe in WHO), which made a big impact to Japanese scholars, officers and
citizens. (http://csrp.jp/posts/1466)
After UNSCEAR (United nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation)
published the 2013 report, the Japanese government and the experts appointed to the committee
for the radiation exposure and the impact of TEPCO’s nuclear plant accident, distorted the
UNSCEAR’s report to minimize the perspective of the accident. This distorted information was
distributed to the municipalities of affected areas and their residents.
The critical appraisal from the scientist gives clear ideas of minimization process and the conflicts
of interests of the institution of Japan and those of international organization.
This will motivate them to suggest the reorganization of “The Ministry of the Environment Expert
Meeting Regarding the Status of Disaster Victims’ Health Management”, as it should consist of not
only natural scientists but also human and social scientists, lawyers, and local medical doctors.
Quantitative Results
Provide “numeric indicators” of your work in serving people and implementing project activities.
PEOPLE Served
Avoid Duplicate Counts
between Categories
Women age 18+
Men age 18+
Youth age 13-18
# of
People
Served
197
940
Comments or Description
Workshop participants, parents team members
Workshop participants, parents team members
6
Children
2,320
age 0-13
Families/Households
Disabled
Other:
Readers of scientific
journal
Online media audiences
ACTIVITIES
Implemented
-Specify Activities-
Radioactivity
measurement
Workshops
Contributing an article to
a scientific journal
Constructing, and
Updating websites
 Workshop participants
 The children (preprimary and primary
school children) who benefited from the
radioactive counting for avoiding radiation
exposure.
1,000
197,615
# of
Activities or
Service
Units
YouTube, website page views (http://csrp.jp/)(
http://hoyou.isshin.cc/)
# of
Participants
or
Beneficiaries
Comments or Description
If applicable
16
2,304
The radioactivity measurement
was taken place on the
children’s schooling and outing
routes.
6
1,153
Workshops on radiation protection
1
1,000
# of issues, Science journal
1
197,615
# of visitors
( http://hoyou.isshin.cc/)
(http://csrp.jp/)
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Examples of Activity Descriptions: food distribution, legal assistance, trainings, workshops, clinical
services, TB screening, intakes, pigs raised, wells dug, school supplies provided (units), etc.
SECTION 4: Financial Management
Required Attachment: How was funding used?
See Annex 3.
If expenses differ from the original proposal, please explain variances here:
Shalom
The budget for radiation meter was raised 20% from $15,600 to $18,930 due to the change in the
amount of radiation meter. This was caused by the misinterpretation of quotation for calibration
charge at the time of budgeting. Instead of raising the budget of radiation meter, the budget for
miscellaneous was reduced to $5,080 from $10,080.
SIGNATURES AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION:
Project Director:
Takeshi Komino
Date:
30 October 2014
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